Ghee Teo wrote: > Paul Cunningham wrote: >> Peter Tribble wrote: >>> Paul Cunningham<paulcun at talk21.com> wrote: >>>> Terminating this community sounds like a very silly thing to do to >>>> me. I would go for option B. >>> >>> In which case you (collectively) need to come up with at least 3 (and in >>> practice 4 is the workable minimum) people to be the new Core >>> Contributors and lead printing in the future, and tell the OGB who >>> they are. Without those names, we can't move forward with Option B. >> >> I suppose it will die then. As normal, "Printing out of sight out of >> mind", until it doesn't work. > > I believe 3 things must happen to keep the community going: > > 1. The existing Core contributors speaks out their intention here and > satisfied the OGB basic requirements which is reasonable for a community. > > 2. Some active participants in the community step up and take on more > active role and be a core contributor. > > 3. Each core contributor must be committed to make some form of > contributions either in discussion or direction actively. > > The thought of of "Printing out of sight out of mind" should be not be > allowed :) > > So Paul, will you consider 2 and 3 ? > > I am putting my name forwards as a core contributor, should the existing > 'active' contributors want to take me on.
You get a 'yes' from me Paul > So let the discussion continue! >>> >>>> Peter Tribble wrote: >>>>> The Printing community has less than the required minimum of >>>>> 3 Core Contributors to govern its affairs and, according to the >>>>> OpenSolaris >>>>> constitution, should be terminated. The OpenSolaris Governing Board >>>>> can >>>>> deal with the situation by: >>>>> A) Terminating the community >>>>> B) Designating at least 3 new Core Contributors in order to >>>>> revitalize the community, or >>>>> C) Merge this community with another (possibly as a project). >>>>> >>>>> If community members step up and make a good case for options >>>>> B or C within the next 30 days (either by guiding the OGB as to who >>>>> the new Core Contributors should be, or by advising the OGB what >>>>> nature of merger would be in the best interests of the affected >>>>> community) then the OGB will work with the community to take that >>>>> option forward. Otherwise, the OGB will ask the website community >>>>> to terminate the community group, following the procedure set forth >>>>> here: >>>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/web/infrastructure-setup/ >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >> > > -- Paul Cunningham Software Engineer Tel:
